Palada Pradhaman/Palada Payasam (Kerala Dishes)

Palada Pradhaman/Palada Payasam

Ingredients

• Rice ada 200 gms (njurukku ada or small piece ada is good)
• Milk 2 liter
• Sugar 300 gms
• Ghee 2 tsp

Method

Put rice ada into boiling water and cook for a while (stir occasionally), until it is soft. After it is cooked put it in cold water and rinse it for 2 minutes.

• Put milk, rice ada and sugar, in a pressure cooker (I used 8Liter Hawkins) and cook in medium heat for 10 minutes, then put the weight of the cooker and cook in medium flame (for 8 to 10 minutes) until cooker releases its first whistle. Turn off the heat and let it remain in the same stove top for 10 -15 minutes.
• Remove the lid, now the mixture turns to a light creamish pink color.
• Transfer the mixture to another vessel and stir it, once the mixture becomes thick add ghee (20 to 30 minutes) and turn off the heat.

Notes

• Palada prathaman can be made in a traditional way by skipping the cooker method. Instead of putting it in a cooker, cook milk, sugar, rice ada until the consistency becomes thick. But itwill take atleast 1 hr to 1 ½ hrs.
• Preparing palada by cooker saves time and fuel the results are the same.